2014 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 1
Problem
What is 
$\textbf{(A)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{25}{2} \qquad\textbf{(D)}}\ \frac{170}{3}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 170$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Solution
We have ![\[10\cdot\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{10}\right)^{-1}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/2/e/12e21260e737c4ecc2bf7b4116b1f1e7bcde2b37.png)
Making the denominators equal gives
![\[\implies 10\cdot\left(\frac{5}{10}+\frac{2}{10}+\frac{1}{10}\right)^{-1}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/8/5/8/858522583ebacde2c4e851b8fd64c093086a668a.png)
![\[\implies 10\cdot\left(\frac{5+2+1}{10}\right)^{-1}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/9/c/b9c7e18416c20508fb4b4e0822b1c6183699a746.png)
![\[\implies 10\cdot\left(\frac{8}{10}\right)^{-1}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/2/8/3/2832b440e25ccb94bfdd37a6c04898ff0c7544ca.png)
![\[\implies 10\cdot\left(\frac{4}{5}\right)^{-1}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/d/3/6d309b6b45b8f4e35d741ae32ea81647183f0b5e.png)
![\[\implies 10\cdot\frac{5}{4}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/8/6/1/8612999285ee03d02effd49381ab5a5a3aea86a6.png)
![\[\implies \frac{50}{4}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/1/0/0100cd85a3f1692e5c483ab0559633686ad33cdd.png)
Finally, simplifying gives
$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)\implies \boxed{\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{25}{2}}$
(Solution by bestwillcui1)
See Also
| 2014 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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